Burial casket



Jan. 14, 1930. J. E. FALCK 1,743,663

' BURIAL CASKET 7 Filed Jan. 16, 1925 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 14, 1930. J. E. FALCK 1,743,663

BURIAL CASKET Filed Jan. 16, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 14, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH E. FALOK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR "TO F. H. HILL COMPMY, DI

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS IBURIAL casxn'r Application filed January 16, 1925. .S'eri'aINo. 2,721.

The present invention relates to sheet metal burial caskets and has particularly in view the provision of a structure of hermetically sealed character, avoiding penetration by excessorial parts attached to the casket body by screws and bolts, forming such partsintegral With the body where possible, within the limits of available sheet sizes and otherwise securing by spot or line welding to the exterior; whereby the presence of plain or tapped bolt and machine screw holes are eliminated,

and ornamental securing panels and other external features of configuration are included as integral rather than as additive parts, while the expense of manufacture from standpoints of labor, material and time is very materially reduced, by doing away with many operations heretofore considered necessary.

In order that the invention may be understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art, a preferred embodiment of the same is set forth in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein; i

Fig. 1. represents such a casket in side elevation;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary View in elevation of one of the ornamental securing panels showing a handle lug in section on the line 22 of Fig. 3; r

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through a portion of the casket wall on the line 33 of Fig. 2

Fig. 4. is an enlarged sectional detail of the sealing joint between the casket cover and body;

Fig. 5 is at fragmentary cross-sectional view of the casket showing a sealing cover of metal; and I Fig. 6 is a fragmentary longitudinal section through the casket end, showing a sealing cover of glass.

Having particular reference to the drawing, the casket 11 is shown as including generally the side walls 12, the end walls 13, the bottom wall members 14 and 14 the sealing cover 15, lid'16, corner panels 17, securing panels 18, handle bars 19, handle arms and handle lugs 21. i

Heretofore it has been the practice in the manufacture'of burial caskets of sheet metal, to miter and solder or br-aze the junction line between vthe side and end walls and also between these walls 'andthe bottom members.

.Ithas also been customary to cover-the soldered line of juncture by means of panels overlying such joints and affixed tothe casket body by screws or bolts. It has also been the practice to'secure the handle ilugs either directly to the casket wall by means of machine screws or bolts passingthrough apertures in the w-alls tofthe inside of the-casket and there provided withn'uts or other securing means, or decorative securing panels have been secured in this manner throughthe ca ske't walls and the handle lugs secured in turn to the panels. e v

It has been hitherto proposed to provide a sealing cover for the casket beneath the outer lid as, for instance, in Patent 1,483,544 of February 12, 1924, but such provision of 'seal tour'as my be desired'together with longitudinally extending stiffening ribs 22. In similar dies the end walls are formed having an inturned integral flange 23 which overlies and is welded to the bottom portions 14L and 14:. The corner joint is mitered and brazed or soldered, including the two halves of the decorative corner panels 17, each of which" halves along with the decorative securing panels 18 are embossed in the metal when forming the side and end walls.

The handle lugs 21 are U-shaped and have inturned flanges 21* along both sides which are spot welded as indicated in Fig. 2 to the embossed panels 18, there being no screws or bolts penetrating the casket walls.

A sealing connection is formed between the .walls and the sealing cover by welding to a flange 24 of the casket walls a channel member'25 within the upper grooved surface of which is disposed a rubber sealing strip 26. A flange 27 marginally formed on the cover 15 of Figs. 4 and 5 or the composite cover 15 of Fig. 6 overlies the rubber strip 26 and is pressed in engagement therewith by the screws 28 of a C-bar or clips 29 through the intermediary of a bearing bar 30. This specific sealing connection is not claimed herein per se, it being substantially that shown in Patent 1,483,544 hereinabove referred to,

' but it enters as an element into the combina-.

tion of features by which an effectually sealed casket is provided.

The lid member 16 overlies the sealing cover and rests by means of its inturned flange 16 upon the flanges 24 of the casket proper. It

'may be secured by means of hinges, screws or in any other operative manner which will not penetrate and break the seal of the casket In the specification and claims I'use the terms welding, spot welding, brazing and soldering as equivalents, they being interchangeable'for the uses set forth.

I claim:

1. In a handle construction for application to an imperforate metal wall, a U-shaped sheet metal bracket which is provided along both sides thereof with in-turned .fianges adapted to be welded to the exterior surface of the wall, and ahandle member pivotally attached to both sides of the bracket.

2. In a casket handle construction for ap plication to an imperforate metal wall of a casket, a U-shaped sheet metal bracket adapted to be attachedto the exterior surface of the wall, and a depending handle pivotally attached to the sides of'the bracket, the handle and the pivotal connection therefor being so arranged with respect to the intermediate part of the bracket as to abut with such intermediate part when the handle is swung upwardly into a substantially horizontal position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- V scribed my name.

JOSEPH E. FALCK. 

